All Uniqlo articles – Page 5

  • Uniqlo has signed to open in HMV’s store on Market Street, Manchester
    News

    Uniqlo back on expansion trail with Manchester signing

    2013-10-31T16:20:00Z

    Uniqlo is on the expansion trail once more, 10 years after shuttering all its UK shops outside London, as it prepares to sign for a store in Manchester.

  • Breakfast briefing
    News

    Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Marks & Spencer, Phones4u, Asda and Uniqlo

    2013-08-20T07:19:00Z

    Retail news round-up August 20, 2013: Marks & Spencer new distribution centre is hit by IT glitches, Phones4u to up its number of part-time workers, Asda drops Saatchi & Saatchi from its ad account and Uniqlo’s kidswear collection launches this week.

  • Fast-fashion retailer Uniqlo
    Analysis

    Analysis: Uniqlo finds new ways to bring excitement to its stores

    2013-07-01T07:00:00Z

    One of the trends that seems to be becoming more prevalent in store promotion is the move towards taking a well-known name or brand, linking it with a host store and then standing back and waiting for the sales to pour in.

  • Uniqlo
    Opinion

    Comment: Cannes Lions evidences omnichannel's importance to marketing

    2013-06-24T14:49:00Z

    It was a week of big parties, big celeb twitter chatter and some fantastic work showcasing how marketing communications is changing towards an omnichannel model.

  • Activists target Benetton and Mango over Bangladesh factory collapse
    News

    Activists target Benetton and Mango over Bangladesh factory collapse

    2013-05-28T11:46:00Z

    Activists targeted retailers including Benetton and Mango over the weekend over their failure to compensate those affected by the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh.

  • Uniqlo camera gallery
    Opinion

    Blog: Uniqlo launches video app

    2013-04-16T16:37:00Z

    Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo has created a video app to promote a series of events it is running at a pop-up location in London this month.

  • Uniqlo aims to open 1,000 stores in both China and the US by 2020
    Analysis

    International analysis: Uniqlo has work to do to meet ambitious targets

    2013-04-12T07:00:00Z

    Fast Retailing’s president and chairman Tadashi Yanai has topped US magazine Forbes’ 2013 list of the 50 wealthiest people in Japan.

  • News

    Uniqlo plans to expand in Thailand

    2013-03-14T07:00:00Z

    Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo plans to increase its outlets in Thailand to 100 by 2021, from six boutiques at present, reported The Nation.The first location will be the Promenada Resort Mall in Chiang Mai.Eight to nine new Uniqlo outlets are scheduled to open in 2013, including four by August at ...

  • News

    Fast Retailing to open 10 Uniqlo stores in the Philippines

    2013-02-13T07:00:00Z

    Fast Retailing is opening 10 Uniqlo stores this year as it aims to build the brand in the Philippines. Four stores are expected to open in the first half of the year, one in Taguig City’s SM Aura mall.The retailer will also open stores in SM Fairview in Quezon City ...

  • Uniqlo
    Gallery

    Store gallery: Fashion retailers show off new season via window displays

    2013-02-04T07:00:00Z

    As the Christmas Sales draw to an end, what are retailers on London’s Oxford Street doing to banish the winter blues and usher in the new shopping season? John Ryan reports.

  • News

    Uniqlo to team up with Arvind Lifestyle Brands

    2013-01-24T07:00:00Z

    Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo banner is to team up with Arvind Lifestyle Brands to build a $1bn (£631m) business in India by the end of the decade.The Times of India reported that Fast Retailing is finalising an equity joint venture to further expansion in the growing Indian market. A deal is ...

  • News

    Fast Retailing report net profit increase

    2013-01-17T07:00:00Z

    Fast Retailing’s net profit rose 23% in its first quarter.For the September to November period, net profit increased to ¥38.4bn (£268.2m) from ¥31.15bn (£217.5m).Sales rose 17% on last year to ¥318.14bn (£2.22bn) and domestic sales increased 8% to ¥204.7bn (£1.43bn).The retailer’s sales from Uniqlo overseas rose 51.1% to ¥64.5bn (£450.4m) ...

  • Uniqlo, Shanghai
    Gallery

    Store of the week: Uniqlo, Shanghai

    2012-12-17T07:00:00Z

    Uniqlo has already featured as a store of the week during 2012 (in Paris), but there are few excuses for not affording it space once more because the Shanghai flagship, on the West Nanjing Road, does things that other branches do not.

  • Levi’s, Regent Street
    Gallery

    Store gallery: London’s denim retail destinations

    2012-11-12T07:00:00Z

    Selling jeans is one of the toughest tasks a retailer can take on – the product can often be similar but the branding and marketing mix determines success.

  • Steve Sunnucks has been promoted to Gap global president
    Analysis

    Analysis: How can Gap get its edge back?

    2012-10-17T11:58:00Z

    Steve Sunnocks has just been promoted to global president as part of a management reshuffle at the fashion retailer. How can he improve Gap’s standing in the UK market?

  • Uniqlo
    News

    Uniqlo finds unusual way to save on its electricity bill

    2012-10-04T07:00:00Z

    The Japanese fashion retailer has hired techy types BD Network to run a campaign that turns shopper footfall into energy to power its window displays at two London stores.

  • News

    Uniqlo opens joint store concept with Bic Camera

    2012-10-03T07:00:00Z

    Uniqlo and electronics retailer Bic Camera have opened their first joint ‘Bicqlo’ store in Tokyo.Uniqlo president Tadashi Yanai said he wanted to create Japan’s most prosperous store by combining Bic Camera’s busy shop ambience with that of Uniqlo.Yanai hopes to open similar stores in New York and Paris.

  • Rob Gregory
    Opinion

    Comment: Are joint store concepts the way foward?

    2012-09-25T07:00:00Z

    Exciting news from Japan, where two of the country’s leading retailers are teaming up to launch a joint store concept.

  • Uniqlo, Rue Scribe, Paris
    Gallery

    Store of the week: Uniqlo, Rue Scribe, Paris

    2012-09-17T07:00:00Z

    Sometimes the best things are the simplest. This is the Uniqlo store just around the corner from the Opéra in Paris and while this is a retailer normally best known for embracing hi-tech buildings, fabrics and visual merchandising, here it’s a matter of back to basics.

  • News

    Fast Retailing to open 1,000 new stores in Greater China

    2012-07-18T10:44:00Z

    Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing plans to open 1,000 new stores in Greater China. It currently operates 136 stores in the country.The company also plans to open more than 1,000 stores in Asia, excluding Japan and China.Company president Tadashi Yanai said: “Japan has only 100 million people. Asia has 4 billion. ...